CVE-2006-5938

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Published Nov 16, 2006 CVSS 2.0 · 10.0 Critical EPSS 2.2% KEV · Not listed

Description

Grisoft AVG Anti-Virus before 7.1.407 has unknown impact and remote attack vectors involving an uninitialized variable and a crafted CAB file.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:grisoft:avg_antivirus:7.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:grisoft:avg_antivirus:7.0.251:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:grisoft:avg_antivirus:7.0.323:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:grisoft:avg_antivirus:7.1.308:::::::*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2006-5921	Grisoft AVG Anti-Virus before 7.1.407 has unknown impact and remote attack vectors involving an uninitialized variable and a crafted CAB file.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 2.2% (2.241% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=116343152030074&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/22811
http://www.grisoft.com/doc/36365/lng/us/tpl/tpl01
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4498
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30246

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Grisoft Avg Antivirus

Weaknesses

CWE-20

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 8:12 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Nov 16, 2006, 12:00 AM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 8:12 PM
Reserved: Nov 15, 2006, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment No data

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:32 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Nov 16, 2006, 12:07 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:32 PM

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